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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1927
Page
6
The page shows a 1927 edition layout with Associated Press notice, department lines, a blocked subscription rates table, and contact details for Amarillo and regional editions. Publication date is Monday October 17 1027.
The piece lauds Lady Skyline as a prolific hen laying 231 eggs in 251 consecutive days. It notes millions of American hens produce about 24,000,000,000 eggs yearly and cites government estimates praising poultry output. It comments on eggs' market value and the broader importance of hens in agriculture.
Canada passed the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act twenty years ago amid labor opposition over strike rights. A Russell Sage Foundation report shows in 536 disputes the act yielded settlement or peace in over 99 percent, via private negotiation and a board, with some 245 strikes ignored mainly in coal mining. The act does not ban strikes but promotes conciliation time, reducing costly industrial tie ups.
A New York road association staged a protest by gathering roadside signs into a large pile and burning them. The action, linked to postwar Ku Klux Klan imagery, suggests other communities consider similar demonstrations to oppose signboards along highways.
Citizens are invited to attend the auditorium meeting tomorrow afternoon to elect new Tri-State fair directors and officers. The article urges selecting individuals who have shown active interest and willingness to work for the fair, not for honor, so the board can head the event in the coming year.
In Amarillo a grand jury examined police conduct and found a clean bill of health. The Globe asserts the department operates efficiently, though not perfectly, noting the need to keep two distinct policing roles separate for traffic control and high risk crime.
In chapter XXV, Vance and Markham press Pfyfe for details on Colonel Ostrander and Captain Leacock. Major Benson notes Leacock’s past with Alvin and questions Pfyfe’s influence while Heath doubts Leacock’s cold-bloodedness.
Peter Rabbit suspects a handsome young rabbit may visit Mrs. Peter in the old Briar patch and spies from the grass. He searches entrances to the patch for signs of an intruder, hoping to catch him, but finds only Mrs. Peter’s tracks and returns home disappointed.
A humorous tale frames George Washington Jackson as an unlikely entrepreneur in the laundry business. He claims fortune not from money but from becoming manager of a small hand laundry led by his wife, prompting a friend’s incredulous, jokey response.
The page blends a humorous aside about President Coolidge with social quips and a developing crime scene. A fictional exchange touches on fashion and politics, then shifts to a tense pursuit as Captain Leacock and the district attorney discuss a murder case. The段 ends with a dramatic setup: To Be Continued.
A young man played the saxophone for 18 hours straight, setting a new record. The same individual is noted as the one sent to Mexico to help keep the peace.
International News Service reports prospector C. B. Ruggles claims to have located the legendary Lost Guadalupe de Toyopa silver mines in Mexico after six years of rumor chasing. He says four documents reveal how to reach mine openings, with a final key given by an old Indian chief after Ruggles saved the chief's daughter from flu.
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